History: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-ReedBiography or Autobiography: American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon MeachamPoetry: The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. MerwinGeneral Nonfiction:Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon

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Funny you should ask. I put my name on the reserve list at the library as soon as the Pulitzers were announced and just got a note saying my copy had come in. So I’m off to pick up my copy, too.

I read a few chapters of Strout’s Abide With Me that made clear that she is a thoughtful and intelligent writer. But I didn’t finish the novel because the pace was a bit too “languid,” as one review on Amazon aptly described it. I might have finished it had I read it at a different time but picked it up during a hectic week when I needed something else from a book.

I hope to write about Olive Kitteridge and also about All Souls, a finalist, which also awaits me at the library. Thanks for asking.
Jan

I haven’t read all the contenders for this year’s Pulitzer for poetry, but I did think, as the announcement approached: “I feel so sorry for any great collections that are up against Merwin’s.” Because that one looked like a shoo-in …